Creamy Roasted Rutabaga Soup Food

CREAMY ROASTED RUTABAGA SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
• Place the rutabaga chunks on a baking sheet. Drizzle with 4 tablespoons olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Roast for 35-45 minutes until the rutabaga is soft and slightly browned.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and butter in a medium pot. Add the onion, celery, and carrot, and saute for 5 minutes until the onion is soft and translucent.
• Add the ground nutmeg, roasted rutabaga, and hot vegetable stock. Simmer for 15-20 minutes. Use an immersion blender to puree the soup until smooth or transfer to a blender that can process hot liquids.
• Either stir in the heavy cream now or add it separately when serving. Give a taste and add more salt and pepper, if needed. Serve garnished with fresh chopped parsley, if desired.

CREAMY RUTABAGA SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion and celery in butter until tender. Add the rutabagas, rice, water and 2-1/2 cups broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 25-35 minutes or until rutabagas are tender., In a blender, cover and process soup in batches until smooth. Return all to the pan. Stir in the milk, salt, pepper and remaining broth; heat through (do not boil). Garnish servings with sour cream and chives.

CREAM OF RUTABAGA SOUP

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp in a large pot.
• Remove bacon from pot, crumble and set aside.
• Saute onions, celery and garlic in bacon grease for 5 minutes.
• Add rutabaga, potato, chicken stock, sugar, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer 30 minutes.
• Blend using hand blender in pot or blend in blender in batches. Return to pot if blended in blender.
• Stir in milk.
• Heat gently to serving temperature, do not boil.
• Garnish with bacon and enjoy.

RUTABAGA SOUP

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients except the rice into a pot and bring to a boil; add the rice, cover and lower the heat; simmer until vegetables are very soft, about 50 minutes.
• In batches, puree the cooked mixture in a food processor until very, very smooth; return to a storage container, add salt and pepper to taste and refrigerate overnight.
• Reheat gently before serving.

ROASTED RUTABAGA AND SQUASH SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine rutabaga, butternut squash, sweet potato, garlic cloves, herbes de Provence, salt, and pepper in a large baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil and toss to coat.
• Bake in the preheated oven until fork-tender, about 60 minutes. Transfer to a large soup pot.
• Add milk and butter to the soup pot and heat over medium heat until milk is heated, 5 to 10 minutes. Puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth and uniform in consistency. Heat, without boiling, before serving.